1968 Pacific typhoon season

Systems

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CMA Tropical Depression 01

| 10-min winds = 30 A tropical depression formed to the northwest of Palau. Moving north-northwest, the depression degenerated to a remnant low as it made a counterclockwise direction before dissipating.

This depression was not recognized by the JMA, but the CMA.

Tropical Storm 01W (Asiang)

| 1-min winds = 35

Typhoon Jean

| 1-min winds = 110

Typhoon Kim (Biring)

| 1-min winds = 100

Tropical Depression 04W

| 1-min winds = 25

Tropical Storm 05W

| 1-min winds = 35

Typhoon Lucy (Konsing)

| 1-min winds = 110

Typhoon Mary

| 1-min winds = 130

Severe Tropical Storm Nadine (Didang)

| 1-min winds = 60

Tropical Storm Olive (Edeng)

| 1-min winds = 45

CMA Tropical Depression 11

| 10-min winds = 30

CMA Tropical Depression 12

| 10-min winds = 30

CMA Tropical Depression 13

| 10-min winds = 25

Severe Tropical Storm Polly

| 1-min winds = 55 Tropical Storm Polly dropped heavy rains on the southern islands of Japan. 112 people were killed and 21 were missing from the floods and landslides caused by Polly's heavy rains.

On August 18, two sightseeing buses were involved in the landslide in Shirakawa, Gifu, it fell to the Hida River, and 96 persons died and 8 persons became missing (Japanese article).

Tropical Depression 11W

| 10-min winds = 20

Severe Tropical Storm Rose (Gloring)

| 1-min winds = 60

CMA Tropical Depression 16

| 10-min winds = 20

Typhoon Shirley (Huaning)

| 1-min winds = 65

Severe Tropical Storm Trix (Iniang)

| 1-min winds = 55 Severe Tropical Storm Trix struck the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. Heavy flooding killed 25 people and left 2 missing.

CMA Tropical Depression 18

| 10-min winds = 25

Severe Tropical Storm Virginia

(exited basin) | 1-min winds = 50 Virginia was first noticed near the International Date Line, about 500 northwest of Midway Islands. The system organized and the first advisory was issued on August 25 at 0006Z, with winds of 35 knot. 18 hours later, Virginia crossed the date line, with winds of 50 knots (60 mph). It later became extratropical on August 27 in the Gulf of Alaska.

Super Typhoon Wendy (Lusing)

| 1-min winds = 140

Tropical Storm Wendy, which formed on August 28 in the open Western Pacific, quickly intensified to a peak of 160 mph winds on the 31st. It steadily weakened as it moved westward, and passed by southern Taiwan on September 5 as a minimal typhoon. Wendy continued to weaken, and after crossing the South China Sea, Wendy dissipated over northern Vietnam on the 9th.

A weather station in Phù Liễn (Hải Phòng) recorded wind gusts reaching up to 205 km/h or even higher, exceeding the measuring capacity of the anemometer. In Hải Phòng alone, the storm caused 155 deaths and injured 400 people.

Super Typhoon Agnes

| 1-min winds = 150 Typhoon Agnes originated as a low-pressure area in the western Pacific on August 27. Initially classified as a tropical disturbance, it tracked west-northwestward, intensifying into a tropical depression by August 28 and reaching tropical storm status by August 29 near the Marshall Islands. Agnes underwent rapid intensify between September 2–3, achieving super typhoon status with 1-minute sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) and a lowest central pressure of 900 hPa, making it the most intense storm of the 1968 Pacific season. During this phase, it followed a west-northwest trajectory across the Philippine Sea, accelerating to speeds of 24.7 km/h. By September 4, Agnes began recurving northeastward south of Japan, and weakened to a Category 1 typhoon by September 7. It transitioned into an extratropical cyclone northeast of Japan on September 10 and fully dissipated over the North Pacific on September 11.

Typhoon Bess

| 1-min winds = 65

CMA Tropical Depression 24

| 10-min winds = 30

Typhoon Carmen

| 1-min winds = 110

Typhoon Della (Maring)

| 1-min winds = 120 Typhoon Della struck Kyūshū Island in southern Japan with winds of 100 mph. Della killed 11 throughout southern Japan.

Super Typhoon Elaine (Nitang)

| 1-min winds = 150 Super Typhoon Elaine, after peaking at 175 mph winds, weakened to hit extreme northern Luzon on September 28 as a 130 mph typhoon. It continued to the northwest, and after hitting southeastern China as a minimal tropical storm Elaine dissipated on October 1.

Super Typhoon Faye

| 1-min winds = 145

Typhoon Gloria (Osang)

| 1-min winds = 90

CMA Tropical Depression 29

| 10-min winds = 25

Severe Tropical Storm Hester

| 1-min winds = 55

Typhoon Irma

| 1-min winds = 80

Typhoon Judy (Paring)

| 1-min winds = 120

Typhoon Kit

| 1-min winds = 70

Typhoon Lola

| 1-min winds = 105

Typhoon Mamie (Reming)

| 1-min winds = 65

Typhoon Nina (Seniang)

| 1-min winds = 70

Typhoon Ora (Toyang)

| 1-min winds = 120 A typhoon that made landfall in the Philippines as a category 1 and impacted most of the northern Philippines as a tropical storm.

Storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1968 was named Jean and the final one was named Ora.

Philippines

The Philippine Weather Bureau (later renamed to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in 1972) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1972 season. This is the same list used for the 1964 season, except for Didang and Iniang, which replaced Dading and Isang; the latter would later be reintroduced in 1972 for reasons still unknown. The Philippine Weather Bureau and its successor PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in .

This table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 1968. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, missing persons (in parentheses), and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA, however due to lack of information around this time sustained winds were recorded by the JTWC. All damage figures will be in 1969 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extratropical low.

|- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Palau || None || None || |- | 01W (Asiang) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Palau || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | Jean || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Mariana Islands || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Wake Island || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | Kim (Biring) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Caroline Islands || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Caroline Islands || None || None || |- | 04W || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Caroline Islands || None || None || |- | 05W || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Mariana Islands || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines || None || None || |- | Lucy (Konsing) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Ryukyu Islands || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Vietnam || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Taiwan || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Mariana Islands || None || None || |- | Mary || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Mariana Islands, Japan || Unknown || Unknown || |- | Nadine (Didang) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines, Taiwan || None || None || |- | Olive (Edeng) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |-

Season effects

This table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 1968. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, missing persons (in parentheses), and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA, however due to lack of information around this time sustained winds were recorded by the JTWC. All damage figures will be in 1968 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extratropical low.

|- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || |- | Lola || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Mariana Islands || None || None || |- | Mamie (Reming) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines, Vietnam || None || None || |- | Nina (Seniang) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines, Vietnam || None || None || |- | Ora (Toyang) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Philippines || None || None || |- | TD || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Caroline Islands || None || None || |- |}

References

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